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Title: nuisance calls
Post by: raywilb on 04 December 2010, 17:00:43
for the last few months my wife & i have been called on our mobiles by various numbers usually starting with . 08., 07., or 02 - nobody on the other end, (we did soon realise not to answer them) . i believe they are whats known as marketing No,s. but what do they get out of them?
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: aaronjb on 04 December 2010, 17:11:37
Nothing. At least, not when there's nobody there.

Picture this:

A call centre filled with 10 people, all wearing headsets.
An 'average' call lasts 2 minutes.
An automated system calls a new number every two minutes and, if you answer it, it attempts to connect you (the person it just called) to an operator - on the basis that one 'should' be available.
If one isn't available there's nobody to connect you to, so it just.. sits there.. hoping an operator comes free before you hang up.

(In reality there's probably hundreds of operators and the system is set to dial a new number every 30 seconds on the basis that they don't want the operators to ever be sitting idle - better to have ghost calls than idle operators..)
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 04 December 2010, 17:47:43
Use this site to identify the numbers:

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08443574163


 ;) ;)
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: waspy on 04 December 2010, 17:52:06
When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up ;D
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: Mysteryman on 04 December 2010, 18:13:36
I keep getting 01234567898 calling, and I have anonymous reject :-/
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 04 December 2010, 18:30:51
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I keep getting 01234567898 calling, and I have anonymous reject :-/


There are others getting calls from this number Steve.  You can add a comment here:

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01234567898

 ;) ;)
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: Mysteryman on 04 December 2010, 18:43:32
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I keep getting 01234567898 calling, and I have anonymous reject :-/


There are others getting calls from this number Steve.  You can add a comment here:

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01234567898

 ;) ;)
None of these sites ever print my comments. Can't think why.
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 04 December 2010, 18:56:52
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I keep getting 01234567898 calling, and I have anonymous reject :-/


There are others getting calls from this number Steve.  You can add a comment here:

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01234567898

 ;) ;)
None of these sites ever print my comments. Can't think why.


 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  I wonder! ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 04 December 2010, 21:21:01
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When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up ;D

My mate puts them on hands free and lets his parrot argue with them.  :D
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: millwall on 04 December 2010, 21:23:33
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When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up ;D

My mate puts them on hands free and lets his parrot argue with them.  :D
;D ;D ;D quality

the only nuisance calls i get are from the mrs ;D
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: Dodger on 04 December 2010, 21:33:44
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When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up ;D

My mate puts them on hands free and lets his parrot argue with them.  :D
;D ;D ;D quality

the only nuisance calls i get are from the mrs ;D

Sadly, you can't put the receiver down to stop her either !! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: millwall on 04 December 2010, 22:35:42
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When it's a marketing call i'll sometimes put the phone on the side & let them talk to them selves until they get fed up ;D

My mate puts them on hands free and lets his parrot argue with them.  :D
;D ;D ;D quality

the only nuisance calls i get are from the mrs ;D

Sadly, you can't put the receiver down to stop her either !! ;D ;D ;D
i know ive tried ;D
Title: Re: nuisance calls
Post by: Lazydocker on 04 December 2010, 22:52:48
I have found that if you can speak to someone, being abusive normally gets you removed from the calling lists :-X :-X ::) ::) ;) ;)